Smith v. Wj Estelle’s Empirical Analysis
711 F.2d 677 · 1983
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Smith v. Black (1990), Andrews v. Collins (1994)
22 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · McMann v. Richardson · Browder v. Director Department of Corrections of Illinois · Tollett v. Henderson · Sumner v. Mata
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for the most part ... uncontradicted in their particulars by Smith's affidavit,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buxton v. Lynaugh · May v. Collins“clearly making credibility determinations in favor of [the attorney] and adverse to [the petitioner].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. May v. Collins“a written finding, written opinion, or other reliable and adequate written indicia.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buxton v. Lynaugh
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.